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THE AMBiENT PiNG http://www.theambientping.com Free - Every Tuesday Night - doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30 @ club nia / C'est What - 19 Church St. at Front St. - Toronto 3 blocks east of the Union Station subway. map - http://www.cestwhat.com/map.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Tuesday Nov.19th - Anomalous Disturbances & Sample Inq. Childhood friends & custom digital sound designers Ed Wilson & Paul Cook (MondoHiFi) are joined by musical technologist Eric Pavlyak to perform an improvisational digital potpourri of alien orchestra soundscapes as The Sample Inquisition (aka Sample Inq.). www.mondohifi.com Then, Vancouver BC ambient artist Anomalous Disturbances (Terry O'Brien) will be performing a set of etherial soundscaping via looping guitar improvisations and recombinant ephemera, in search of happy accidents, as he plays his second show at the Ping. It is rumoured that he may perform "in front" of his visual screen this time so folks will actually see him twiddlin' the knobs and strokin' the strings. http://www.anomalousdisturbances.com Between Sets CD - "Kite Stories" by Brian Eno (Opal - 1999) Music from Eno's installation at Kiasma Museum in Helsinki. The sound sources are time-stretched/pitch-shifted voices, synths, bass guitar, tuned spinning tubes, Japanese temple bells, slowed- down cymbals and synthetic seal cries. The sounds were distributed over 12 "random shuffling" CD players positioned around the space. http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ambient Ping presents free live performances by Toronto's finest ambient, chillout and experimental music artists plus performers from across the continent, every Tuesday at club nia (aka C'est What) featuring a comfortable lower stage area, perfect for attentive listening, plus a higher level with a bar, back room and more seating that's great for conversation, good food and the club's impressive beer, wine and whiskey selection. Musical treats are on offer at the PiNG THiNGS ambient/experimental CD boutique. Drop off food at PiNG THiNGS for the Daily Bread Food Bank too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday November 26th 2002 - SYLKEN http://www.sylken.ca Between Sets CD - "Underground Overlays From The Cistern Chapel" by Stuart Dempster - (New Albion - 1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Also of sonic interest: Tonight - Saturday November 16th is "Cream Test Centrifuge", a collaboration between renowned British musician & writer David Toop (author of "Ocean Of Sound"), Toronto-based electroacoustic composer Sarah Peebles, sound designer Darren Copeland & guitarist/improviser Nilan Perera. @ The Annex Theatre, 736 Bathurst St. Toronto, $20 @ the door Complete info at: http://www.soundtravels.ca/soundplay.html Immediately following concert is a CD Launch Reception celebrating two new releases by Sarah Peebles: "Insect Groove" (last week's Between Sets CD) & "108-Walking Through Tokyo at the Turn of the Century" @ Butler's Pantry, 591 Markham Street, Mirvish Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please forward this e-mail to any friends who may be interested in live ambient, chillout and experimental music performances